Umbrella-handle.



E. HEROLD.

UMBRELLA HANDLE. APPLICATION FILED NOV.1, 1907.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908 i E M 66 7 .m

EDMUND HEROLD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 1, 1907.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Serial No. 400,184.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND HEROLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in handles for umbrellas or thelike, and has for its object to provide the ordinary handle of anumbrella or walking stick with a suitable hinged cap or cover preferablyprovided of the material of which the stick is constructed and a recessor pocket formed internally within the handle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handle for umbrellas orthe like, suitably recessed within its interior, said recess having aspring-pressed coin holder and providing simple means of access to thesame.

To these and other ends the invention resides in the novel constructionof elements and their arrangement in operative combination, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings,Figure 1 illustrates a side elevation of an umbrellahandle embodying my improvements, Fig. 2 is a view of the same showingthe cover opened, and Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section of anumbrella handle embodying my improvements.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a handle for umbrellas, walkingstick, or the like provided with a suitable cap or cover 2. This cap orcover may be of any desired shape or formation and may be formed fromthe upper portion of the handle as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawingsand may be an entirely separate member as-illustrated in Fig. 1. Thehandle 1 is provided with a suitable bore 3, into which may be inserteda coin holder 4, and its upper end provided with the offset 5 to act asa retaining means 5, for a false bottom 6 normally held in engagementwith the offset through the medium of the helical spring 7 interposedbetween it and the bottom of the holder 4. The handle 1 is also providedwith a suitable bore 8 adapted for the reception of a slidablecoin-holder 9 similar to that received within the handle 1 for a falsebottom 10 normally braced downward against a flange 11 by the spring 12engaging between it 1n the top 13 of the holder 9.

As 1t will be clearly seen by referring to Fig. 3 of the drawing a space14 is arranged receptacle 9, and a spring 15 is adapted to bear betweenthe upper wall formed by the space 14 and the top 13 of the receptacle9. This spring is adapted to partly eject the holder 9 when the cap isswung from the handle so that free access to the coin holder may beeasily obtained, and the cap and handle easily swung away from eachother.

A suitable hinge 16, is employed for securing the cap 2 to the handle 1,and a suitable securing means such as a spring-pressed catch 17 isprovided to retain a cap and handle in closed position with each other.It will be readily seen that when the catch 17 is pressed inwardly thespring 15" will expand and force the cap to swing upon its hinge 16 awayfrom the handle, thus providing a means for automatically opening thecover or cap upon pressure being exerted upon the catch 17.

As clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be seen thatthe flanges or offsets 5 and 11 of the holders 4 and 9, pro vided withinthe handle and the cap do not extend entirely around the periphery ofthe holders, but are cut away as at 18 to provide a passage wherebycoins may be readily inserted upon the false bottoms of the holders.

From the above description, it will be noted that I have provided meanswhereby an ordinary handle for walking sticks or umbrellas may bereadily converted into receptacles for coins or other articles, theparts of which are easily opened and the articles deposited within thehandle readily accessible.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. As anarticle of manufacture, an umbrella handle comprising upper and lowerhingedly connected hollow sections, a coin holder located in the hollowportion of the lower section, a coin holder located within the uppersection, and spring means for partly ejecting the holder in the uppersection when said upper section is swung away from said lowersection.

2. A device of the class described comprising hingedly connected hollowelements, means for normally holding said elements in the handle oradjacent the top 13 of the in closed position, a coin holder located inthe hollow portion of one of said elements, a

coin holder slidably mounted in the hollow' portion of the otherelement, and spring means for partly ejecting the last named coin holderwhen said elements are moved from each other.

3. A device of the class described comprising an umbrella handleconsisting of hingedly connected hollow upper and lower sections,- acoin holder located within the lowermost section, a slidably mountedcoin holder located within the uppermost section, and means for partlyejecting the last named coin holder when the same is swung 15 from theother section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND HEROLD. Witnesses J. ALBERT JULIA, AUGUST PABST.

